Strategic Specialist Country Programming Framework

For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address challenges in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. Joint efforts have included increasing sustainability in agricultural production, promoting value-adding practices, improving post-harvest management, enhancing productivity and increasing the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods to natural disasters, climatic hazards and armed conflict.

 Contribute to the development of proposals, concept notes, technical briefs, reports and other knowledge/visibility products and provide technical inputs for promoting agriculture and rural development and emergency preparedness and response, in both development and humanitarian settings;

• Develop terms of references for project consultants and letters of agreements for service providers as required by the projects and in coordination with the concerned project teams;
• Coordinate with consultants and monitor project implementation to ensure that inputs and deliverables are in line with the projects’ timeline and requirements;
• Using corporate information management systems, assist in opening projects, tracking project and program budgets and in processing relevant revisions in coordination with concerned FAO officers;
• Support the monitoring of programmes, projects, initiatives of the CO and mobilized resources of the country office.
• Provide support in reviewing the progress, semi-annual and annual reports and report(s) to donors, funding proposals, and other project-related documents, prepared by the project teams, as required;
• Facilitate the technical review of consultants’ technical inputs, reports, studies and other project publications;
• Provide support to identify, promote and develop strategic linkages, synergies and partnerships between FAO and other actors from the UN, Government, Donor Community, Academe, Private Sector and Civil Society.
• With support from FAO Philippines Programme Unit,  engage in the UN Philippines Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development (PFSD) and other inter-agency committees/working groups/task force related to agriculture and rural development and emergency preparedness and response, youth and IPs;
• Participate in different fora on agriculture and rural development and emergency preparedness and response, and undertake field activities as necessary;
• Collect and prepare data and background information in the areas of FAO’s activities in the country (youth, IP, rural/sustainable development)
• Prepare response and obtain additional information to respond to internal and external queries
• Prepare background material, working papers and tables for briefings, review sessions and meetings.
• Carry out any other relevant duties within her technical competence as may be requested by the FAO Representative

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements:

• The candidate must have a University Degree in Agriculture, Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness Management, Rural Development, and other fields related to the mandate of FAO
• At least 3 years professional and practical experience in the planning, implementation and monitoring of rural development programmes/projects
• A national of Philippines with work permit
• Working knowledge (Level C) of English

Technical/Functional Skills:

• Familiarity with FAO systems is preferred
• Knowledge on Project Management
• General knowledge and skills in the use of standard office software, such as MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)

Source:  https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2401340